Algeria plans to fully replace its outdated copper telecom network with high-speed fiber optics by the end of 2027. The shift supports national goals to boost internet quality and enable sectors like AI, e-services, telemedicine, and fintech. Only 27% of households are currently connected to fiber;. Algeria is accelerating the deployment of fiber optics to support its digital transformation. Enterprise branch offices, retail points, and remote workers still on copper have a finite window to migrate to fiber and use the transition to. Major terrestrial broadband backbone designed to convey bandwidth capacity from coasts to hinterland and provide alternative gateway to Europe through Algiers. Serves the existing Trans-Sahara Highway and the proposed Trans-Sahara Gas pipeline. Additionally, this project aims to deploy a. ALGIERS-The secretary general of the ministry of Post and Telecommunication, Abdelouahab Bara, onSunday stressed Algeria's commitment to making the Trans-Saharan fibre-optic backbone project a reality, with the completion of the rollout of almost 2,600 km of fibre optic cable.
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